הוֹד
hôwd · hode
grandeur (i.e. an imposing form and appearance)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root;
grandeur (i.e. an imposing form and appearance)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
To reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הוֹד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his glory3 · 13%
- majesty2 · 8%
- the glory2 · 8%
- honour2 · 8%
- some of thine honour1 · 4%
- glory1 · 4%
- and the majesty1 · 4%
- thyself with glory1 · 4%
- thy glory1 · 4%
- with thy glory1 · 4%
- with honour1 · 4%
- is honourable1 · 4%
- of thy majesty1 · 4%
- thine honour1 · 4%
- shall cause his glorious1 · 4%
- in me: for my comeliness1 · 4%
- the honour1 · 4%
- and his beauty1 · 4%
- them as his goodly1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.